Baby Animals Bio

Baby Animals are a 1990s hard rock band from Australia.

For the next four years, DeMarchi was in England recording and writing as a solo artist, with EMI records. But disheartened by the record company's attempt to slide her into a pop career, and missing not working with a band, together with encouragement from The Angels then manager John Woodruff, she returned to Australia in mid 1989. On her return she set about forming a new band, fellow Perth musician Frank Celenza recommended his best friend, bass player Eddie Parise. Based on a referral by John Woodruff, DeMarchi approached guitarist Dave Leslie to join the band and finally Celenza joined as the band's drummer.

November 1989 saw the band’s first gig at the Kardomah Café in Sydney, under the name 'Woody's Heroes', and the start of constant touring through the city’s pubs and clubs. The name 'Baby Animals' came about after seeing an advertisement for a local TV show, Wheel of Fortune, hosted by 'Baby John Burgess'. Another version suggests the name came from a calendar in a mall. In at least one interview, however, DeMarchi mentioned they changed the origins of the name in different interviews as it got boring answering the same questions.